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Knowledge Of Emergency Contraception Among Women Of Childbearing Age At A Teaching Hospital Of Karachi, Farhana Irfan, Syed Irfan Karim, Saman Hashmi, Sajid Ali, Syed Arif Ali
Knowledge Of Emergency Contraception Among Women Of Childbearing Age At A Teaching Hospital Of Karachi, Farhana Irfan, Syed Irfan Karim, Saman Hashmi, Sajid Ali, Syed Arif Ali
Department of Family Medicine
OBJECTIVES: To assess knowledge and attitudes about Emergency Contraception among women of childbearing age in Karachi, Pakistan.
METHODS: A questionnaire based survey was conducted on 400 married women, attending the family practice clinics at a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan from July to December 2006. Questionnaire was administered to women at the family practice clinic-seeking level of knowledge of emergency contraception (EC) and attitudes towards its use, Ethical requirements of informed consent and confidentiality were ensured Data was entered into Epi data and analyzed in SPSS.RESULTS: Eighty-eight percent of women were not aware of EC. 83% were housewives. Only a …